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#1 2009-12-12 17:59:12

addr
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Downgrade Tbird : solved

The older version is present.

pacman -U thunderbird-2.0.0.23-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz

Gives error 'cannot open package'. What am I doing wrong please?

Last edited by addr (2009-12-13 00:01:02)


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#2 2009-12-12 18:03:50

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Re: Downgrade Tbird : solved

maybe pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/thunderbird-2.0.0.23-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz


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#3 2009-12-12 18:07:43

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Re: Downgrade Tbird : solved

Maybe, you need also "-Uf"

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#4 2009-12-12 18:15:13

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Re: Downgrade Tbird : solved

Ditto!


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#5 2009-12-13 00:00:21

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Re: Downgrade Tbird : solved

pacman -Uf /var/cache/pacman/pkg/thunderbird-2.0.0.23-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz

That did it! Thanks a lot.


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#6 2009-12-13 02:10:11

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Re: Downgrade Tbird : solved

You didn't need the f.. just for future reference.

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#7 2009-12-13 03:27:01

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Re: Downgrade Tbird : solved

Noted.

Thanks


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